Thursday, March 15, 2007

In Science: HIV evolution is unpredictable

In tomorrow's issue of the journal Science, four researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital -- Nicole Frahm, Toshiyuki Miura, Christian Braner and Bruce Walker -- are among the authors of a paper that says HIV evolution appears to be less predictable than previously thought. They discuss specific ways the rapidly evolving virus changes that may have implications for vaccine design.